Beckett's Murphy : Between Spinoza and Occasionalism

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Beckett's Murphy : Between Spinoza and Occasionalism

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Beckett&apos;s affinity with the Belgian 17th century occasionalist Arnold Geulincx has been widely acknowledged and commented upon in recent years. My contribution takes a closer look at how this philosophical influence translates into Beckett&apos;s writing, which is certainly free of philosophical systematicity yet informed by certain basic insights and also particulars images borrowed from philosophical texts. The first part of my paper therefore explains the &quot;Beckettian&quot; appeal of occasionalism as an answer to Cartesian thought. The second part then demonstrates how the knowledge of Geulincx informs several chapters of Beckett&apos;s Murphy, including the ending of this novel, but also how it competes with motifs and images borrowed from Geulincx&apos;s contemporary - and perhaps acquaintance - Spinoza. In this respect, I wish to show how the (on several occasions explicit) borrowings from Geulincx and Spinoza furnish the novel with two different perspectives on the relation between Murphy&apos;s mind and Murphy&apos;s body.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Beckett's Murphy : Between Spinoza and Occasionalism

Popis výsledku anglicky

Beckett&apos;s affinity with the Belgian 17th century occasionalist Arnold Geulincx has been widely acknowledged and commented upon in recent years. My contribution takes a closer look at how this philosophical influence translates into Beckett&apos;s writing, which is certainly free of philosophical systematicity yet informed by certain basic insights and also particulars images borrowed from philosophical texts. The first part of my paper therefore explains the &quot;Beckettian&quot; appeal of occasionalism as an answer to Cartesian thought. The second part then demonstrates how the knowledge of Geulincx informs several chapters of Beckett&apos;s Murphy, including the ending of this novel, but also how it competes with motifs and images borrowed from Geulincx&apos;s contemporary - and perhaps acquaintance - Spinoza. In this respect, I wish to show how the (on several occasions explicit) borrowings from Geulincx and Spinoza furnish the novel with two different perspectives on the relation between Murphy&apos;s mind and Murphy&apos;s body.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Chaos &amp; form : echoes of Beckett in literature &amp; the arts

ISBN

978-80-7308-713-5

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

145-167

Počet stran knihy

260

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta

Místo vydání

Praha

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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